Game Engine - Steering Behaviour Understanding
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What you're searching for is called a "Navmesh" and it is done without any python-code.

Therefore you need the Steering-Actuator.

The Seek-Mode makes your object to allways face into the direction of the target and move towards it, until the set distance is reached.

The Flee-Mode is quite the opposite, it makes your object move away from the target, until the set distance is reached.

What you need for avoiding obstacles is the Path following-Mode. This mode uses a mesh that tells your object, where it can move and calculates the fastest way to the target.



1. Create a Navmesh - select every collision objects in your scene, including the floor. Then click on Build Navigation Mesh, which creates you a plane with holes, where your obstacles are. Play around with the Agent-Values if your scene has ramps or different hights...



2. Use the Navmesh by choosing your Navmesh as "Navigation Mesh" in your Steering-Actuator.